The Captive - 1915 - 6/10

Set in Montenegro during the Montenegrin–Ottoman War of the late 1870’s.
While Montenegrin men are off fighting the Turks, the state allows Turkish prisoners to be used as farm labor.
Thus, a Turkish noble now works as servant for a peasant girl.
This is not so much a romance, as an accommodation.
He grows accustomed to the work, as well as the girl, her little brother, and the farm animals.
Brief spells of see-saw fighting serve to enliven dull domesticity.
Early Cecil B. DeMille film is well composed and lacks his later over-indulgences.
The Olive Films version is well restored, nicely tinted, with a fine score.